Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port]

2011-12-21 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/20/2011 5:14 PM, Claude Jones wrote: No one responded on this, but, in case someone else has similar problems. The issue was caused by a card reader with three or four different slots in it for various sized cards, plus a USB port. Unplugging if from the machine has cured the problem.

Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port]

2011-12-21 Thread Pete Travis
Some USB ports are designed to supply more power than others. It could be the header is functional, but can't supply as much current as the card reader would like. On Dec 21, 2011 9:37 AM, Claude Jones cjonesli...@tehogeeservices.com wrote: On 12/20/2011 5:14 PM, Claude Jones wrote: No one

Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port]

2011-12-21 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/21/2011 12:37 PM, Pete Travis wrote: Some USB ports are designed to supply more power than others. It could be the header is functional, but can't supply as much current as the card reader would like. The two headers are side-by-side; somehow, I doubt that one would have greater

Re: mouse and keyboard locking up...

2011-12-21 Thread Linda McLeod
Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit - correction: problem caused by failing motherboard USB header/port] __ More and more this mess is reading like the problem might be a only a loose USB connector solder-joint, from to much harsh traffic

Re: mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit]

2011-12-20 Thread Claude Jones
No one responded on this, but, in case someone else has similar problems. The issue was caused by a card reader with three or four different slots in it for various sized cards, plus a USB port. Unplugging if from the machine has cured the problem. On 12/16/2011 03:28 PM, Claude Jones wrote:

mouse and keyboard locking up

2011-12-16 Thread Claude Jones
My Fedora box is on an IOGear KVM. It's always been completely reliable. In the recent past, maybe after I preupgraded from F15-F16 recently, I found that switching from the Fedora machine to a different computer would result in a totally non-responsive mouse and keyboard when I went back to